Luz Gonzalez v. Lee County Housing Authority, 161 F.3d 1290 (1998)

Citation: Luz Gonzalez v. Lee County Housing Authority, 161 F.3d 1290 (1998)
Parent Document: Luz Gonzalez v. Lee County Housing Authority, 161 F.3d 1290 (1998)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 1998-12-02
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/759590/luz-gonzalez-v-lee-county-housin... ↗

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To determine what a reasonable government official, in Moran's position, would have believed the Fair Housing Act permitted when she terminated Gonzalez, we look to the law as it stood in 1995. Although Gonzalez has not proffered any applicable, previously decided cases that clearly established that Moran's alleged conduct violated the Fair Housing Act, our review of the statutory provisions and the applicable regulation lead us to conclude that no public official, in Moran's position, could reasonably have believed that federal law permitted her to fire an employee for refusing to discriminate against tenants on the basis of race. Accordingly, we affirm the district court's decision that Moran was not immune from suit.

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